From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from smtp.codeaurora.org ([198.145.29.96]:59406 "EHLO smtp.codeaurora.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751131AbeCOALI (ORCPT ); Wed, 14 Mar 2018 20:11:08 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Date: Wed, 14 Mar 2018 20:11:07 -0400 From: okaya@codeaurora.org To: Brian McGrew Cc: linux-pci@vger.kernel.org, linux-pci-owner@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Help Updating Device Drivers In-Reply-To: <8F6C8BF9-FC37-4E24-B573-5D8A0A4C8DF7@vxdd.onmicrosoft.com> References: <8F6C8BF9-FC37-4E24-B573-5D8A0A4C8DF7@vxdd.onmicrosoft.com> Message-ID: <769a37ad0f762ee05abefdd5b82112b9@codeaurora.org> Sender: linux-pci-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On 2018-03-14 16:28, Brian McGrew wrote: > Hello... > > Would this be the correct list to seek help in updating an old device > driver? I have a vendor provided device driver for a piece of PCIe > hardware that compiles and runs in kernel-3.14 but is outdated for the > newer kernel-4.1X series. I’m not a kernel developer and haven’t done > any real kernel work since the 2.4/2.6 days and am totally lost while > undressing pressure to make it work ASAP. Can I post code excepts and > get help here, or is there a better mailing list? Google is your friend. Search for each compilation failure in mailing lists. There are too many changes. You will have to deal with each one. > > Thanks in advance, > > -brian